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ube bars recipe

Ube Bars Recipe

Ube Bars are made of baked sweet bread dipped with ube syrup, tossed in dessicated coconut.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time45 minutes
Course: Snack
Cuisine: Filipino
Keyword: ube bars, ube bread bar
Servings: 12
Calories: 277kcal
Author: Jenalyn Rose Forbes

Ingredients

  • ½ cup water
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 2 ½ cup all-purpose flour
  • ¼ cup powdered milk
  • ½ tbsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ⅓ cup vegetable shortening
  • ½ cup ube jam
  • 1 cup dessiccated coconut

Ube Syrup

  • ⅓ cup water
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1 tsp ube flavoring

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 180C. Prepare 9" square pan, line with parchment paper.
  • Combine water and sugar. Stir until well dissolved. In a bowl, whisk flour, powdered milk, baking powder and salt. 
    whisk flour and milk
  • Add the vegetable shortening and ube jam. Pour sugar water and mix until well incorporated. Transfer the mixture into the prepared pan. Bake for 20-30 minutes. 
    bake bread
  • To prepare the ube syrup, combine water, sugar and ube flavoring. Stir until sugar is well dissolved. 
    prepare ube syrup
  • When the cake is ready, allow it to cool then cut into 2inch rectangle bars. Dip each piece into the ube syrup then toss it desiccated coconut. 
    toss into desiccated coconut

Nutrition

Calories: 277kcal | Carbohydrates: 41g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 3mg | Sodium: 112mg | Potassium: 203mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 18g | Vitamin A: 34IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 53mg | Iron: 2mg